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Baseball Treasures

Name: Baseball Treasures
Author: Stephen Wong, Susan Einstein
ISBN: 9780061144646

by Stephen Wong, Susan Einstein

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Overview

For a baseball fan, what could be better than getting an autograph from your favorite player or finding his baseball card? Now young people can celebrate their passion for our national pastime with some of the sport's most devoted collectors and the game-used bats and jerseys, autographed balls, and trophies from some of the most famous players, teams, and moments in baseball history.

More than 100 photos showcase baseball treasures most people have never seen before:

Jerseys worn by legends such as Ty Cobb, Joe DiMaggio, Lou Gehrig, and Jackie Robinson
The T206 Honus Wagner baseball card (the most expensive card in history)
Bats used by the immortal Babe Ruth and Shoeless Joe Jackson

With baseball historian and enthusiast Stephen Wong as your guide, here's an introduction to some of the finest private baseball collections in the world and tips for how to start your own collection of baseball memorabilia.

About the Author, Stephen Wong, Susan Einstein

Stephen Wong, a lifelong collector of rare and historically significant artifacts, spent two and a half years researching his top-selling adult book smithsonian baseball: Inside the World's Finest Private Collections. Wong has advised a number of the world's top collectors and is currently lending his expertise to an upcoming exhibition at the Chicago Historical Society celebrating the glory days of Chicago Cubs and White Sox baseball in the early twentieth century. He is also an advisory director for the Museum of the City of New York's summer 2007 exhibit "The Glory Days: New York Baseball, 1947-1957" and an honorary committee member for the city of Pittsfield and the Berkshire Museum's "1791—Art of the Game—Pittsfield," a two-year celebration of Pittsfield's unique place in baseball history. A graduate of Stanford Law School, Wong is currently an executive director at Goldman Sachs. He was raised in the San Francisco Bay Area and now lives in Hong Kong.

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Children's Literature - Sharon Salluzzo

Perhaps it is due to the history of the game, but baseball seems to develop more collectors and collections than any other sport. Here is a glimpse into special collections and the history of baseball: the game and the players. While the names of these major collectors may not be of any importance to young readers, the collections themselves will hold a certain fascination. Different aspects and collections are presented in each of the seven chapters. Readers will learn about the evolution of the baseball, the glove and the bat. The author talks about Babe Ruth's home run record, how Roger Maris broke the record in 1962, Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire broke it in 1998, and Barry Bonds set a new record in 2001. Wong remarks on the steroid use in major league baseball as well. There are important collections of baseball uniforms. Here the author talks about particular jerseys and the players who wore them, such as Jimmie Foxx and Jackie Robinson. The card collecting chapter would not be complete without a discussion of the "ultrarare" T206 Honus Wagner card. World Series memorabilia and trophy collections round out the book. Wong offers good advice to young collectors in the final chapter. He tells them to "[r]ead high-quality baseball books and learn about the game's rich heritage" and "collect what you like." Baseball fans will be introduced to ballplayers from every era. There is a photograph of the first Negro League World Series, which would make an interesting segue from this book to Kadir Nelson's We Are the Ship, in which he has painted a portrait of the players in this photograph. Baseball fans and collectors will pore over the photographs in this book. Reviewer: SharonSalluzzo